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AI won't be replacing your priest, minister, rabbi or imam any time soon

  • Written by Pauline Hope Cheong, Professor of Human Communication and Communication Technologies, Arizona State University
imageAn android called 'Kannon Mindar,' which preaches Buddhist sermons.Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Early in the summer of 2023, robots projected on a screen delivered sermons to about 300 congregants at St. Paul’s Church in Bavaria, Germany. Created by ChatGPT and Jonas Simmerlein, a theologian and philosopher from the...

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